The Guy Manning appreciation thread

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I have recently fallen in love in with Guy Manning.
I already knew The Tangent and United Progressive Fraternity, where he was in involved.
Recently discovered Damanek, and I must it was one of the best albums I have heard in many years.

I love the symphonic, folky, melodic and adventurous approach of this kind of progrock.
It has pop, funk, fusion, worldmusic, folk, anything, that made seventies music so great.

The rise of neoprog and progmetal made progrock considerably conervative and restricted. Suddenly all the bands sounded alike. Only a few dare to tread new paths and break free from the restictions of modern-day prog.

With the new rise of Pink Floyd and Marillion/Genesis-influenced bands it got even more boring and tedious.

Luckily there's the extended family of Spock's Beard, The Flower Kings, Big Big Train, Unitopia and Beardfish to keep thing interesting.

I want to start this thread to get informed about all the projects and albums that Guy Manning is involved.
I really like his style. His style is more rooted in music like Al Stewart, Moody Blues, Barclay James Harvest, Jethro Tull and the likes. More folky and romantic, just the way I like it.

Albums I already own and adore:

The Tangent - The Music That Died Alone 
The Tangent - The World That We Drive Through
The Tangent - III: A Place In The Queue
The Tangent - Going Off On One
The Tangent - Not As Good As The Book
The Tangent - Down And Out In Paris And London
The Tangent - Le Sacre Du Travail
UPF - Fall In Love With The World
Damanek - On Track
Manning - A Matter of Life and Death (The Story of Abel Mann)

I have three order Manning-albums in the queue, to listen to, so the list will be upgraded.

Feel free to add comments and recommend me on this marvelous vocalist/instumentalist.